Search for dissertations about: "Karolinska Scales of Personality KSP"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 swedish dissertations containing the words Karolinska Scales of Personality KSP.

2. 1. Personality, Stress, and Indoor Environmental Symptomatology

   Author : Roma Runeson; Dan Norbäck; Håkan Stattin; Lena Hillert; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Medical sciences; SBS; Personality traits; stress; KSP; SOC; demands-control-support; MEDICIN OCH VÅRD; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Abstract : The sick building syndrome (SBS) comprises eye, nose, skin, and throat symptoms, headache and fatigue. Gender, personality aspects, and psychosocial factors at work have lately been at focus in health research. READ MORE

4. 2. Stability and validity of self-reported personality traits

   Author : Petter J Gustavsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Karolinska Scales of Personality KSP ; personality traits; stability; outcome behavioral genetics; biological and clinical correlates Stockholm 1997;

   Abstract : Background: People differ, and these differences are often attributed to individual differences in certain personality traits assumed to have 'more than nominal value' and to 'exist within' the individual. The aim of the present study was to evaluate some properties of a trait assessment instrument, the Karolinska Scales of Personality (KSP). READ MORE

5. 3. Psychological and Medical Well-being and their Relation in Adults with Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

   Author : Björn Karlson; Institutionen för psykologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; cognitive functioning; adaptation; personality; anxiety; mood; depression; quality of life; insulin-pen; Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; metabolic control late diabetic complications; neuropsychology; KSP; SCL-90; Applied and experimental psychology; Tillämpad och experimentell psykologi;

   Abstract : This thesis includes five studies involving different samples of adult patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). Studies one and two concern effects on metabolic control and quality of life of changing from conventional insulin treatment with three syringe injections per day to an intensified insulin treatment with three syringe injections daily using an insulin pen. READ MORE

6. 4. Caesarean section on maternal request : personality, fear of childbirth and signs of depression among first-time mothers

   Author : Ingela Wiklund; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Caesarean section on maternal request; personality; childbirth anxiety; depression;

   Abstract : Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to study healthy first-time mothers requesting and undergoing an elective caesarean section (CS) and to compare these to healthy first-time mothers planning a vaginal delivery. The focus was socio-demographic factors, personality, depression, expectations and experience of birth. READ MORE

7. 5. Obsessive-compulsive disorders : Personality traits and disorders, autistic traits and biochemical findings

   Author : Susanne Bejerot; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Neurosciences; Key words: Obsessive-compulsive disorder; Personality; Autistic disorder; Serotonin; Neurovetenskap; Neurology; Neurologi; Psychiatry; psykiatri;

   Abstract : Background: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a common disabling mental disorder.Personality disorders are frequent in OCD. Asperger syndrome and high-functioning autism share similarities with obsessive-compulsive and schizoid personality disorders and may be referred to as "odd" personality traits. Also compulsions are common in autism. READ MORE